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Name______________________________________Period_______________ East Asia The Early River Valley Civilization of the Yellow River (Huang River) Objective: The Yellow River (Huang River) •_______________ years after the city of Ur (______________________) was beginning and ____________ years after the planned cities of the _____________valley, the ______________________________________ Civilization flourished. Natural Barriers •Natural barriers ___________________ China from other civilizations. To the__________ is the______________ ocean. To the ____________ lay the ______________________________ and the icy 14,000 foot ______________________________. •To the___________ lies the desolate ___________ Desert and the ________________________ Plateau. MAP ACTIVITY: Circle the Gobi Desert and the Plateau of Tibet in red and trace the Yellow river and the Yangtze in blue. •The two rivers in the area are the ______________ river and the __________________ in central China. •About _____________ of the remaining land that is _____________________________ lies within the comparatively small plain ___________________________________. National Pride •Due to this ____________________, the Chinese had ______________________ with foreigners. This led to a strong sense of ___________________________________. •They regarded China as the only civilized land, calling it ________________________, or “Middle Kingdom,” referring to it as the ________________________________. Dynasties •Humans have inhabited China for about a ___________________________years. •The First Dynasties- •Before the Sumerians settled in southern Mesopotamia, early Chinese cultures were building farming settlements along the Yellow river. Xia Peoples •The __________________________________ in China was the ________________. •Its leader was a __________________________ and _______________________ named _____________. •_________ started ____________________________________ and irrigation projects to ______________ the Yellow river. Shang Dynasty •_____________________. Invaders called the _________________ swept into the Huang River Valley. •Introduced ___________________ and ___________________ systems into the region. •By controlling these systems, the Shang could more easily _______________the region’s _________________. Shang Government •Created a complex ________________________: government organized into __________________________________________. •A hereditary ____________ ruled over all land in the kingdom •____________________ and _________________________________ were used to defend against invaders. •___________________________ and well-organized _______________________ allowed the Shang to ____________________________________________. Shang Economy and handicrafts •_______________________ was based mainly on _____________________: _________________________. •Raised _______________________ so that they could spin thread from the cocoons and wove __________________ from the thread. Artisans •_________________________ worked in ________________________________________. Pottery and _________________________ art was very popular. Astronomy and the calendar •_________________________: one based on the _______ and one based on the _______________. •Moon Calendar: record of private and public events. •Planting was determined by the calendar. A good harvest meant popularity for the king. Therefore the _________________________________ were ______________________. Religion •_____________________________________ (the belief that spirits inhabit everything)— _________________________________________ •__________________ became __________________ of Chinese___________________ •They also worshipped gods of the wind, sun, clouds, and moon. ______________________________ •The Shang also believed in ______________________, a great god who ___________________ human _______________________ and forces of ______________________. Religion •_________________________________: the shoulder bones of cattle or tortoise shells. •The ____________________ heated the bones and _________________________________ that would appear. • Language and Writing. •Many _____________________ were spoken. •The Chinese method of writing, each ___________________ stands for an _____________, not a sound. •People in all parts of China could learn the same system of writing. •To be barely literate one had to know _____________ characters. (Not just 26 letters) Language and Writing •___________________ was ___________________ to a small number of specialists: ___________________________________________________. •It ______________________ much _____________________________, therefore workers, had little time for such luxury. Social Classes •The civilization was sharply divided between nobles and peasants. •These ___________________________ ___________________ the _________________. •They would ___________________________ to the ___________________ in exchange for local control. Family •The ________________ was ____________________ to Chinese society. The most important virtue was ____________________ for one’s ________________________. •____________________were __________________ as _______________________. •When a girl was between 13 and 16 years old, her ___________________________________________. The Fall of the Shang Dynasty •_________________. : ___________________from the harsh Gobi desert and the Tian Shan foothills began _____________________ and settling along the borders. •The ________________ were almost continuously ____________________ them off. •The extended _____________________________________________________________ the Shang rulers. The Fall •______________________ •The ________________ formed an alliance and __________________________________, claiming the Shang were corrupt and unfit to rule. China Video Notes Name:___________________________________________ Period: ________________ 1. What was found in Anyang? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________ 2. What did the Shang dynasty value higher than gold? _______________________ 3. Who was Fu Hao? __________________________________________________ 4. What was found at Sanxindui? __________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 5. When did the Choa culture gain power? __________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 6. What did the Choa king create for his people? __________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 7. What was the warring times period? ________________________________________________________________________ 8. What were some of the weapons used? __________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 9. What were some of the accomplishments of the Chin dynasty? __________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 10. Who was the first emperor of China? ________________________________________________________________________ 11. What was constructed to protect the Chin Empire from raiders in Mongolia? __________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 12. What was done with the bodies of the dead workers? ________________________________________________________________________ 13. How long is the great wall and what are some characteristics of it? __________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 14. How did Chin rule his country? __________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 15. What were some of the controls chin put on China? __________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 16. Why were the scholars killed and knowledge destroyed? __________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 17. Describe Chins Mausoleum? __________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ 18. Who was Sheng Shen and what was his job and story? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________ 19. What was the Silk Road? __________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ 20. What does Lady Sheen show us about Chinese culture? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 21. What were the bodyguards for the Emperor Chin’s tomb? __________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 22. What can we learn from the Terracotta Soldiers? __________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ 23. Who was China’s last emperor and what is his story? __________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 24. Has China been able to get away from powerful empires? __________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 25. What are some of the things you found interesting from the movie? __________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________